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tincte lineares incisis, floribus subconcoloribus caeruleis 32-45 mm. 



longis late ovatis, calcare crassiuscule conico subrecto v. manifesto 



incurvo quam lamina truncato-rotundata paullo breviore v. longiore 



staminibus lamina 2-6 mm. brevioribus, carpellis 5, folliculis 25-30 



mm. longis. 



Area geograpbica — Alpes, Apennini boreales, (Pyrenaei niontes?), 



Himalaya occidentalis. 

 var. a. typica, pistillis antberas vix v. baud attingentibus. 

 var. /3. himalaica P. B., pistillis antberas 2-3 mm. superantibus. 

 Forma afnnis A. Moorcroftianae Wall. var. suaveolenti et A. nivali Falc. 

 var. saccocentrae. Garbwal (K /). 

 Formae etiam occurrunt in Himalaya occidental! et in Gilgit, quae 



mediae sunt inter A. alpina Lin, et A. Moorcroftiana Wall. 



Descriptio Subspeciei. 



Rhizoma fusiforme v. subcylindricum, descendens, vaginis foliorum fusorum plus 

 minus tectum, collo 2-6 mm. crassitudine, caulem solitarium edens. 



Caulis teres ei'ectus rectus v. vix flexuosus simplex v. rarius superne parce 

 ramosus manifesto sulcatus v. esulcus, florifer 20-40 cm. altitudine, prope basim 

 l'5-4 mm. crassitudine, plus minus foliosum, inferne glabrescens v. hirtulus, sub flora 

 dense minuteque glanduloso-hirtus. 



Folia basilaria longissime petiolata caule manifesto breviora (5-) 10-25 cm. 



longa ; petiolus basi in vaginam membranaceam late v. anguste lanceolatam conver- 



gentini nervosam 1-2 cm. longam et pro ratione petioli perbrevem dilatatus, lamina 



Bcsijuilongior v. quadruplo longior, supra sulcatus subteres, supra vaginam 1-3 mm. 



crassitudine, puberulus ; lamina biternata, v. folii infimi ternata sed foliolis fere ad 



basim tripartitis ; petioluli primarii tenues v. subcrassi supra tenuiter canaliculati 



0.5-1 (-2) mm. crassitudine, terminalis 16-30 (-40) mm. longus, laterales |— f ter- 



minalis longitudinc ; foliola membranacea viridia, infra pallidiora, glabra v. vix hirtula 



marginibus plus minus sese obtegentia, terminale breviter petiolulatum v. sessile 



cireumscriptione subreniforme v. suborbiculare, aut versus basim obtusam subcunea- 



tum aut basi subtruncatum, 12-40 mm. longum, latitudine -|— | longitudinis, saepius 



fere ad medium trifidum v. ad tres partes tripartitum, lacinia media obovato-oblonga 



basim versus cuneata latitudine f-f longitudinis, apice crenato-incisa, crenis saepe 



parce crenulatis, laciniis lateralibus late obliqueque obovatis v. breviter longiusculeve 



lineari-oblongis inaequaliter crenato-incisis raro integris, lacinula externa breviter 



oblonga apice subrotundata saepe crenula instructa, lacinula interna saepe crenis tribus 



instructa ; foliola lateralia rarius fere symmetrica atque terminall conformia, saepius 



asymmctrico reniformia lateve obovata profunda bipartita, partitione externa late 



et oblique obovato-cunneata bifida aut bipartita, interna inaequaliter biloba lobulo 



intcrno saepius crenis 2 externo crenis tribus incisis, crenis omnibus apice obtusis v. 



subacutis rarius rotundatis ; folium primarium interdum foliis basilaribus Aquilegiae 



pyrenaicae omnino conforme. 



Folium caulinum infimum longiusculo petiolatum conspicue vaginatum, petiolo 

 laminae saepe snbaequilongo, lamina biternata v. subbiternata interdum laminis fol. 

 bas. conformi saepius laciniis pro ratione longitudinis angustioribus ideoque magis 



